Title :
Characterization of dynamic nonlinear absorption of carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Author :
Wang, F. ; Popa, D. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Torrisi, F. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Dynamic nonlinear absorption of composite-type single-wall carbon nanotube saturable absorbers is characterized using both femtosecond and picosecond pump pulses. Results are compared with numerical simulations based on two commonly used saturable absorber models.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical saturable absorption; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; dynamic nonlinear absorption; femtosecond pump pulses; numerical simulations; picosecond pump pulses; saturable absorber models; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
